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Since Nebraska has hit rock bottom, I'd buy it. One needs to widen their vision when it comes to Nebraska, they have survived prolonged down periods before. In the early days of college football they had their moments of glory. Post WWII, they were down until Bob Devaney. If one had bought Nebraska stock just prior to the 1962 season, he or she would have had 40 years of great returns. Nevertheless, I didn't expect the current recession to last 17 years. But as you stated, time will tell.

Lets stop with the stock talk. It’s a poor analogy. Even JL will probably admit that. There is a significant benefit to buy low and sell high with stocks. That doesn’t really apply to sports teams.

But let’s say they you’re a general contractor and Texas and Nebraska are competing subcontractors. You have to pick one for a huge 5-year commercial project. The bids are identical, so you get to pick. Who are you going into business with? (Hint: the answer isn’t Nebraska)

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Lets stop with the stock talk. It’s a poor analogy. Even JL will probably admit that. There is a significant benefit to buy low and sell high with stocks. That doesn’t really apply to sports teams.

But let’s say they you’re a general contractor and Texas and Nebraska are competing subcontractors. You have to pick one for a huge 5-year commercial project. The bids are identical, so you get to pick. Who are you going into business with? (Hint: the answer isn’t Nebraska)

Yeah the stock analogy was no bueno.

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Lets stop with the stock talk. It’s a poor analogy. Even JL will probably admit that. There is a significant benefit to buy low and sell high with stocks. That doesn’t really apply to sports teams.

But let’s say they you’re a general contractor and Texas and Nebraska are competing subcontractors. You have to pick one for a huge 5-year commercial project. The bids are identical, so you get to pick. Who are you going into business with? (Hint: the answer isn’t Nebraska)

So pick the program/subcontractor that rarely lives up to its potential?! The whole Texas vs Nebraska is a straw man argument anyway. Texas will always have built in advantages over Nebraska (and Oklahoma). My point is that Nebraska has always been an outlier and has overcome prolonged down periods in the past. Will Nebraska ever be Nebraska again? Time will tell, I think they will. But I still think it is amusing that an Austin paper is stating that "Nebraska will never be Nebraska again". Maybe the best response is: "Texas will always be Texas".

“Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
"All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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So pick the program/subcontractor that rarely lives up to its potential?! The whole Texas vs Nebraska is a straw man argument anyway. Texas will always have built in advantages over Nebraska (and Oklahoma). My point is that Nebraska has always been an outlier and has overcome prolonged down periods in the past. Will Nebraska ever be Nebraska again? Time will tell, I think they will. But I still think it is amusing that an Austin paper is stating that "Nebraska will never be Nebraska again". Maybe the best response is: "Texas will always be Texas".

you pick the one that has the biggest policy backstopping their obligations, which they will inevitably screw up

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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BTW, this thread title is one of the all-time greats. Way to go, pelagius.

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"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
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Hang in there, amigo. I am sure someday the Huskers will be back in the top 30-60!

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

At least Texas was considerate enough not to take out our heisman-candidate QB on a dirty hit.

Heh. Sorry about that.

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

I still think Scott Frost is a very good, possibly great college coach, but it isn’t always easy going back to a place where you were very successful previously. I always liked Frost and hope it works out for him. At the P5 level I think he’s finding much the same that Chip, who is a great coach, that so many teams run spread read concepts and RPOs that you don’t have a disproportionate schematic advantage anymore

With Ohio State and Michigan State to look forward to, I wonder how much Nebraska would be willing to pay to get that canceled Akron game back on the schedule in hopes of (maybe) avoiding a winless season.

With Ohio State and Michigan State to look forward to, I wonder how much Nebraska would be willing to pay to get that canceled Akron game back on the schedule in hopes of (maybe) avoiding a winless season.

Nebraska has already addressed the Akron game cancellation; they have scheduled Bethune-Cookman on 10/27. As for the video BigPiney posted, Nebraska has a 29-16-3 advantage over Iowa and is 86-17-2 against Iowa St. So there's still a lot of losing Nebraska has to do for the Iowa teams to catch up. In the midst of a historic losing streak, got to hang on to something. Scott Frost will be given time to turn the ship around. 2018 has been rough but Nebraska is still selling out Memorial Stadium.

“Not the victory but the action. Not the goal but the game. In the deed the glory.”
"All things are measured against Nebraska." falafel

Nebraska has already addressed the Akron game cancellation; they have scheduled Bethune-Cookman on 10/27. As for the video BigPiney posted, Nebraska has a 29-16-3 advantage over Iowa and is 86-17-2 against Iowa St. So there's still a lot of losing Nebraska has to do for the Iowa teams to catch up. In the midst of a historic losing streak, got to hang on to something. Scott Frost will be given time to turn the ship around. 2018 has been rough but Nebraska is still selling out Memorial Stadium.

I am sure its a nice consolation prize watching Kyler Murray, I know he gets you all hot and bothered.

Nebraska doing their best Texas impersonation right now. Blowing a fourth-quarter lead.

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster